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Israel files formal protest with Turkey over Ahmadinejad visit
Israel Matzav — Israel files formal protest with Turkey over Ahmadinejad visit Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to visit Turkey on Wednesday and Israel has filed a formal diplomatic protest with the Turkish government over the visit. Israel's ambassador to Turkey, Gabi Levy, presented the protest to officials in Ankara, and the Turkish ambassador to Israel was summoned to Jerusalem. "Israel is disappointed that Turkey has invited for an official visit a leader who denies publicly the Holocaust, and thus grants him legitimacy," was the message given to the Turkish ambassador to ...

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Pajamas Media — ... like Ahmadinejad, Ataturk represents everything they oppose. The iconic Turkish leader removed religion from government: Ahmadinejad wants religion to be the center point of government. In order to avoid the mausoleum pilgrimage, he changed the title of his trip from a state visit to a “working visit”, which means he will only visit Istanbul, and not Ankara, where Ataturk is buried. To make matters even stickier for the Iranian president, Israel waded in to the story by protesting to Turkey about Ahmadinejad’s visit. While the Iranian government ...